Foods Recipes

2 c Sugar

2 tb Cornstarch

1 c Water

1/2 ts Cream of tartar

1 tb Flavoring *

Food coloring ** 1/2 c Toasted nuts, chopped ***

Confectioners' sugar * Flavorings: rose, mastic, strawberry, orange or lemon. ** Food coloring: red, yellow, green or orange (depending on flavoring used) *** Nuts: almonds or pistachios Dissolve sugar and cornstarch in water. Add cream of tartar. Boil to 220 degrees F. Cover pot the last 5 minutes. Add flavor and food color. Add nuts. Pour into oiled shallow pan. When cool, cut into squares and roll each piece in sifted powdered sugar. Store in plastic bag. From: The Complete Greek Cookbook, by Theresa Karas Yianilos, Avenel Books, New York.

1/2 lb Good chocolate

About 1/2 glass water 3 Egg yolks

3 oz Butter

1 1/2 oz Praline paste

Slowly melt the chocolate in the water, bring to a gentle boil, remove from the fire, and add the yolks, beating with a spatula, then replace on a low fire to poach the eggs in the chocolate. Do not stop beating. Remove from the fire and add the butter and the praline paste. Let cool, beating from time to time (this cooling takes a rather long time). When the mixture begins to solidify, take some with a spoon, place it in some grated chocolate (prepared in advance), and shape to resemble real truffles. These truffles keep a week. To keep a longer time, substitute vegetable shortening for the butter. Source : The Art of French Cooking Posted by: Rina de Jong

3 oz Chocolate

1 1/2 oz Butter

2 oz Powdered sugar

2 tb Fresh cream

Preparation: Put cream, butter and grated chocolate into a pan. The chocolate need not be grated fine. The cream can be replaced by skimming the top off raw milk poured into a wide basin and allowed to settle. Melt butter, chocolate, and cream in a double boiler, stirring to mix well. When melted, remove the double boiler from the fire, leaving the hot water in the bottom pan to keep it warm. Sift the powdered sugar in slowly, so that it will not form lumps, stirring constantly. Let stand 24 hr. in a cool place. (In winter, 12 hr. in a cold room will do.) At the end of this time, cut a piece of this chocolate about the size of a small nut, using a knife or spoon. Roll it into a ball in the palm of the hand until the outside of the bonbon begins to melt a little. Then roll it in grated or granulated chocolate, which will stick to it perfectly. Let stand 2 hr. before serving, but in a place that is not too cold, because these truffles are better when they are a little soft. Instead of rolling them into balls, you can also shape them to look more like truffles. Source : The Art of French Cooking Posted by: Rina de Jong

1 1/4 c Sugar

1/2 c Molasses

1/3 c Hot water

2 tb Butter or margarine

1/4 ts Salt

6 oz Semisweet chocolate pieces

2 c Finely chopped Brazil nuts

1 cn Flaked coconut

1/2 c Finely chopped Brazil nuts

Servings: 2 pounds DIRECTIONS: In saucepan, mix sugar, molasses, hot water, butter and salt. Stir over low heat until a small amount of the mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water (240-F). Remove from heat; add chocolate; do not stir. Cool to 150 F, and stir until chocolate is well blended. Add 2 cups nuts and coconut. Pour into buttered 8x8x2" pan, and press in 1/2 cup nuts. Let stand in cool place several hours before cutting in squares. Source: Mom's old magazine clippings- 1940's to 1970's From: Sallie Austin

4 1/2 c Sugar

1 ts Salt

1/2 c Butter

13 oz Can evaporated milk

12 oz Bag semisweet choc chips

16 oz German's Sweet chocolate,

-four 4oz bars broken up 9 oz Milk chocolate, broken up

10 1/2 oz Marshmallow cream

2 ts Vanilla

4 c Coarsely chopped nuts,

-toasted In six quart Dutch oven, combine sugar, salt, butter and milk. Bring to simmer, stirring constantly, over medium heat. As soon as first bubble is seen, boil mixture exactly eight minutes. Remove from heat immediately. Quickly stir in remaining ingredients. Blend thoroughly. Pour into two oiled 13 x 9 inch pans. Cover with foil and refrigerate until firm. Slice as desired. Bring to room temperature before serving for fullest flavor. Store in refrigerator or freezer.